Witnesses starting with letter L

Arnošt Lederer

Dr. private (ret.) Arnošt Lederer

* 1924 †︎ 2021

A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee, Holocaust, People helping Jews during WWII, Israel/Palestine, Participant in antifascist resistance and 1 more categories

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 5. 10. 1944 – 9 5 1945 – the siege of Dunkirk, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

František Lederer, a portrait

František Lederer

* 1930 †︎ 2018

Holocaust, PTP (Auxiliary Technical Battalions), Prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Prisoner of a Nazi concentration camp

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 1. 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camp Auschwitz

Vilém Lederer at the end of occupation

Vilém Lederer

* 1942

The relative of a political prisoner, Hidden people

1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 20. 12. 1944 - 25. 4. 1945 Bombing of Pilsen, 18. 4. - 10. 5. 1945 - osvobození západní části ČSR americkou armádou and 7 more anniversaries

Anna Lednická 2015

Anna Lednická

* 1932

The relative of a political prisoner, Member of Orel

8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 9. 12. 1945 - Death of Father Antonin Vysloužil

Karel Lednický serving in the army

Karel Lednický

* 1942

Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 30. 5. 1953 – 3. 6. 1953 – The monetary reform and subsequent public upheaval, 21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 4. 1969 – A. Dubček’s resignation, start of the “normalisation” period

Nina Ledvinová, 1945

Nina Ledvinová

* 1924

National minorities, Repatriated, Participant in antifascist resistance, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945, Veteran of WW2, eastern front and 3 more categories

Western Ukrainian lands within Poland 1919–1939, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 22. 6. 1941 – Operation Barbarossa - Nazi attack on the USSR, 1943 - Conflict between Poles and Ukrainians in Eastern Galicia and Volhynia and 5 more anniversaries

Lefkovits Ivan

Ivan Lefkovits

* 1937

Emigrant, Holocaust, National minorities, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu and 3 more categories

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 1941 - 1945 - Transports to the concentration camps, 1945 - The liberation of the concentration camps, 20. 11. – 3. 12. 1952 – Rudolf Slánský’s trial

Michal Legdan

Michal Legdan

* 1939

Political prisoner in the 1960‘s (ČSSR), National minorities, Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Svědci lokálních událostí z éry komunismu

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1944 - 1945 - The liberation of Czechoslovakia, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 31. 5. – 8. 6. 1950 – Milada Horáková’s trial, 23. 10. 1956 - Hungarian revolution of 1956 and fightings for independence

Ladislav Lehár, 1939

Ladislav Lehár

* 1920 †︎ 2015

Veteran of WW2, western front, Veteran of WW2, Middle East, Participant in antifascist resistance, Prisoner of a Soviet concentration camp, Gulag, A 1938 – 1945 emigrant/refugee

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2, 21. 10 - 10. 12. 1941 - The Tobruk campaign, 17.9.1939 - Soviet invasion of Poland , 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII

dobova.jpg (historic)

Danuška Lehárová

* 1923

The relative of a political prisoner, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII

1. 9. 1939 - The outbreak of the WW2

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